How to Install and Uninstall xapian-tools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the xapian-tools on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xapian-tools" package

Please follow the guidance below to install xapian-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "xapian-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall xapian-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xapian-tools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xapian-tools
Source: xapian-core
Version: 1.4.22-1
Installed-Size: 693
Maintainer: Olly Betts
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libxapian30 (= 1.4.22-1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Description: Basic tools for Xapian search engine library
Description-md5: a4e9d8b956a6ab5d2ffd8875247ee21d
Homepage: https://xapian.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, role::program,
use::searching, web::search-engine, works-with::text
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xapian-core/xapian-tools_1.4.22-1_amd64.deb
Size: 472868
MD5sum: 1c74158fbd91e7d046b4abb36953d66d
SHA256: bd98944b84a9bf92667e7dcdf1163d6273d0c9da9942abfa720ea1d9e074fbbf